National Recruitment Federation Recruitment Industry Awards 2009
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009Specialist agency Parc Aviation scooped the top award at the National Recruitment Federation Recruitment Industry Awards, which took place on Friday evening, (2nd October 2000) at a gala awards ceremony in The Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin. The ceremony, which was presented by RTE’s Pamela Flood, saw Locumlink clinch the award for Small Agency of the Year while Sigmar was twice lauded on the night.
Hailed by the judges as “the consummate Ambassadors for the industry”, Parc Aviation were also found to be “Professional and conscientious, this agency shows passion for what they do and a confidence that knows no bounds! The level of staff loyalty over the years stands testament to the success and strength of this agency”.
Agency of the Year in a small agency category was Locumlink. This agency was seen by the panel to be “a trend-setter in recruitment. With an infectious passion for the industry and an innate understanding of how to use technology to dive a business, this agency to exudes both efficiency and innovation”. Sigmar Recruitment were double winners on the night with awards for Best in Practice (Technical Engineering) and Best in Practice (Accounting & Finance).
Designed to identify and reward excellence in recruitment in Ireland, the initiative was open to all registered recruitment agencies in Ireland and judged by an independent panel.
FULL WINNING LINE-UP AS FOLLOWS:
• Best Agency Online Service – small agency– Recruiters
• Best Agency Online Service – large agency – Grafton Recruitment
• Recruitment Consultant of the Year – small agency – Michelle Kilcar (CCP Recruitment)
• Recruiter of the Year – large agency– Martin Fox, (Robert Walters)
• Best In Practice – Healthcare – Servisource
• Best in Practice – Accounting & Finance – Sigmar
• Best in Practice – ICT – Vantage Resources
• Best in Practice – Secretarial – No Awards
• Best in Practice – Sales & Marketing – CPL Resources Plc
• Best in Practice – Hotel & Catering – Noel Recruitment – second year in a row
• Best in Practice – Technical Engineering – Sigmar
• Jobseekers Choice (in assoc with RecruitIreland.com) – Logiskills
• Agency of the Year – small – Locumlink
• Agency of the Year – large – Parc Aviation
The panel of judges were made up of Sean O’Meara, Former Chief Executive of Young Advertising; Kirsty Kirkwood, Former European Head of HR at State Street Ireland and Mark Fielding, CEO of the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, (ISME). Ex-MD of Computer People Ltd, Grainne Martin was a new addition to the panel this year as a recruitment advisor.
Frank Collins, NRF President, “Despite the all-consuming doom and gloom of the recession, the intense competition and standard of submissions for the event is testament to the strength of activity, success and motivation that continues to prevail within this most dynamic industry. The event proceeded as a way ore celebrating a very hard year in the industry and we did just that!”
The National Recruitment Federation is a voluntary organisation set up to establish and maintain standards and codes of practice for the recruitment industry. Representing member companies throughout Ireland the NRF focuses its attentions on providing these members who have opted for self-regulation with the best possible service in terms of communication, support, advice sharing and problem solving.
For further information please contact:
Elaine Roddy
NRF Director
Ph: 01-8161754 / 087-8272373
Email: director@nrf.ie
